Navigator: cookieEnabled property

Baseline 2024
Newly available

Since September 2024, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

navigator.cookieEnabled returns a Boolean value that indicates whether cookies are enabled or not.

The property is read-only.

Value

A boolean.

Note: Web browsers may prevent writing certain cookies in certain scenarios. For example, Chrome-based browsers, as well as some experimental version of Firefox, does not allow creating cookies with SameSite=None attribute, unless they are created over HTTPS and with Secure attribute.

Examples

js
if (!navigator.cookieEnabled) {
  // The browser does not support or is blocking cookies from being set.
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-navigator-cookieenabled-dev

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobileserver
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
cookieEnabled

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
No support
No support
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